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Like other hartebeests, the bubal was a social animal. Luis del Mármol Carvajal wrote in 1573 that herds of 100 to 200 animals could be found in northern Morocco. According to 19th century writers, the bubal hartebeest preferred rocky areas with a fair amount of vegetation, in contrast to the sandy, drier habitat of the Addax.
The hartebeest is extinct in Algeria, Egypt, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, and Tunisia. [1] The Bubal hartebeest has been declared extinct since 1994. [21] German explorer Heinrich Barth, in his works of 1857, cites firearms and European intrusion among the reasons for the decrease in its numbers. [70]
The subfamily Alcelaphinae (or tribe Alcelaphini), [1] [2] of the family Bovidae, contains the wildebeest, tsessebe, topi, hartebeest, blesbok and bontebok, and several other related species. Depending on the classification, there are 6–10 species placed in four genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus ...
Bubal hartebeest: Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus: North Africa and southern Levant [47] Last animal in Tunisia was killed in 1902 near Tataouine, in Algeria south of the Chott Ech Chergui in the 1920s, and in Morocco in Missour in 1925. [48]
The 146 extant species of Bovidae are split into 53 genera within 9 subfamilies: Aepycerotinae, or the impala; Alcelaphinae, containing the bontebok, hartebeest, wildebeest, and relatives; Antilopinae, containing several antelope, gazelles, and relatives; Bovinae, containing cattle, buffalos, bison, and other antelopes; Caprinae, containing ...
Bubal hartebeest: Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766: Hartebeest (Alcephalus buselaphus) Artiodactyla: 1925 Africa: Portuguese ibex: Capra pyrenaica lusitanica Schlegel, 1872: Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) Artiodactyla: 1892 Europe: Pyrenean ibex: Capra pyrenaica pyreneica Schinz, 1838: Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica) Artiodactyla ...
Bubal hartebeest: Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus: North Africa and Southern Levant Disappeared from the Southern Levant during the Iron Age (1200-586 BCE). [60] Caucasian wisent: Bison bonasus caucasicus: Caucasus, Kurdistan, [67] and Northern Iran Present in eastern Turkey until the Iron Age. [68] Steppe bison: Bison priscus: Northern ...
Corine antelope, Antelope corinna, and extinct Bubal Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Giarre, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli.